Gold In The Midwest—Part II: Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio

January 2020 by Alex Dolbeare

In this article, I am going to take a look at three Midwest states and go through some of the prime places for prospectors to find nice local gold there.

A Father and Son Prospecting Adventure

May 2013
As I write this, I am still on a rush from taking my 9-year-old son, Jeffrey, prospecting for the first time this past weekend. It’s not that he hasn’t been along on numerous outings before: this is the first time that just the two of us went out for a day of drywashing and detecting under the desert sun.

Green Valley Reconnaissance

January 2013
During this trip we found enough gold to make us want to come back, even with the punishment of a very long, tough hike.

A Day with Friends in the Ord Mining District Southern California

October 2022

Extracting & Smelting Your Gold

February 2013
Unfortunately, not all the gold that we prospectors find is pretty, or appealing to the eyes. They are not all nice, bright, shiny nuggets with lots of character that carry high collector value.

Detecting the Fringe Areas

December 2017

One prime example is an area that I have talked about in many of my articles. This is a very large area and I will actually describe its location again.

Detecting Nuggets—Overcoming New Challenges

September 2015
Depth is not an issue unless the site is thoroughly cleaned of shallow trash, and it is far easier to isolate and remove targets using a small coil in a target rich location.

Mineralization, Ground Balance and Metal Detecting

May 2022

The right ground balance setting for the conditions you are working is critical. If your detector isn’t set properly, you will lose depth of detection, sometimes to an extreme degree.

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